Topics include:
- 3D interaction for VR
- VR systems and toolkits
- Augmented and mixed reality
- Computer graphics techniques for VR/AR
- Advanced display and immersive projection technology
- Distributed and collaborative VR
- Haptics, audio and other non-visual interfaces
- Tracking & Sensing
- Modeling and Simulation
- User studies and evaluation
- Presence and cognition
- Applications of AR/MR/VR
Topics include:
- 3D object similarity and matching
- 3D Object classification, indexing, and mining
- Feature extraction, model decomposition and segmentation
- Partial and many-to-many matching
- Matching under uncertainty and noise
- Query interfaces and search modalities
- Multi-level representations for matching and retrieval
- Semantics-driven 3D object retrieval and classification
- Sketch-based retrieval
- Benchmarking issues
- Relevance feedback methods
- Active learning
- Generative / Discriminative approaches in 3D object categorisation
- Applications in Multimedia, CAD, Gaming, Biometrics, e-Science, e-Learning, Medicine and Biology, Cultural Heritage
Topics include:
- 3D Capture and Processing: 3D scene capture and reconstruction techniques for static and dynamic scenes, synchronization and calibration of multiple cameras, holographic camera techniques, multi-view and multi-sensor image and 3D data processing, mixing of virtual and real worlds, 3D tracking.
- 3D Coding and Transmission: Systems, architectures and transmission for 3DTV, coding of multi-view video, 3D meshes, and holograms, error resilience and error concealment of 3D video and 3D geometry, signal processing for diffraction and holographic 3DTV.
- 3D Visualization: Projection and display technology for 3D videos, stereoscopic and auto-stereoscopic display techniques, holographic display technology, reduced parallax systems, integral imaging techniques, 3D mesh, texture, point, and volume-based representation, object-based representation and segmentation, 3D motion animation, human factors.
- 3D Applications: 3D television, cinema, games and entertainment, virtual studios, 3D teleimmersion and remote collaboration, 3D imaging in virtual heritage and virtual archaeology, augmented reality and virtual environments, underlying technologies for 3DTV, medical and biomedical applications, 3D content-based retrieval and recognition, 3D watermarking, other applications.
Topics include:
- Technologies and devices for pervasive computing
- Software aspects including middleware and operating systems for pervasive computing
- Tools, infrastructures, architectures and techniques for designing, implementing & deploying pervasive computing systems
- Applications of pervasive computing technologies, Interfaces and modes of interactions between people and pervasive computing devices, applications or environments
- Evaluations and evaluation methods, for assessing the impact of pervasive computing devices, applications or environments
- Privacy, security, trust & social issues and implications of pervasive computing
Topics include:
- Model-based imaging and analysis
- Image-based modeling and 3D reconstruction
- Data driven animation
- Image and video-based lighting and rendering
- Model-based vision approaches
- Model-based indexing and database retrieval
- Model-based object tracking in image sequences
- Model-based image and shape analysis
- Model-based video compression techniques
With applications in the field of
- Human/Computer interfaces
- Video-games and entertainment industry
- Media productions from and for films, broadcasts and games
- Post-production, computer animation, virtual special effects
- Realistic 3D simulation, virtual prototyping
- Multimedia applications, multimedia database classification
- Virtual and augmented reality
- Medical and biomedical applications
Topics include:
-Game-based Learning/Training
-Games in Real World (Ubiquitous Learning)
-Storytelling and Narrative in Education
-Educational Robots and Toys
-VR-based Education/Training
-Augmented Reality in Education/Training
-Multimedia in Education/Training
-Digital Museum and Digital Heritage
-Social and Cultural issues
-Synergies between Digital TV and Edutainment
-Interactions in Games
-Game AI and Artificial Life
-Game Design and Development
-Game Physics
-Game Engines
-Online/Mobile Game/Video Game
-Collaborative Environments and Learning
-E-Learning Platforms and Tools -E-Learning Standards
-Education and Remote Classrooms
-Learning Resource Management
-Life Long Learning
-Mobile Learning
-Practice and Experience Sharing
-Simulation and animation
-Game Rendering/Animations
-Vision and Imaging Technology in Games
-Virtual Characters/Agents
-Engagement and Emotion
Topics include:
- Multimedia content analysis and understanding
- Content-based browsing, indexing and retrieval of images, video and audio
- 2D/3D feature extraction
- Advanced descriptors and similarity metrics for audio and video
- Relevance feedback and learning systems
- Segmentation of objects in 2D/3D image sequences
- Motion analysis and tracking
- Video analysis and event recognition
- Analysis for coding efficiency and increased error resilience
- Analysis and tools for content adaptation
- Multimedia content adaptation tools, transcoding and transmoding
- Content summarization and personalization strategies
- End-to-end quality of service support for Universal Multimedia Access
- Semantic mapping and ontologies
- Multimedia analysis for new and emerging applications
- Multimedia analysis hardware and middleware
- Semantic web and social networks
- Advanced interfaces for content analysis and relevance feedback
Topics include:
- devices & techniques - descriptions of the design, architecture, usage and evaluation of devices and techniques that create valuable new capabilities for ubiquitous computing
- systems & infrastructures – descriptions of the design, architecture, deployment and evaluation of systems and infrastructures that support ubiquitous computing
- applications – descriptions of the design and/or study of applications that leverage Ubicomp devices and systems
- methodologies & tools - new methods and tools applied to studying or building Ubicomp systems and applications
- theories & models - critical analysis or organizing theory with clear relevance to the design or study of Ubicomp systems
- experiences - empirical investigations of the use of new or existing Ubicomp technologies with clear relevance to the design and deployment of future Ubicomp systems
Topics include:
WEARABLE SYSTEMS
- Wearable system design, wearable displays and electronic textiles
- Wearable sensors, actuators, input/output devices and power management systems
- Interaction design, industrial design of wearable systems
- Wearable sensor networks for sensing context-awareness, activity or cognitive state
- Software and service architectures, infrastructure based as well as ad-hoc systems
- Operating systems issues related to wearable computing, including issues such as dependability, fault-tolerance, security, trustworthiness and power management
- Networks, including wireless networks, on-body networks, and support for interaction with other wearables, pervasive and ubiquitous computing systems or the Internet
- Cooperative wearables, ensembles of wearable artefacts, coordination or wearables
- Techniques for power management and heat dissipation, and manufacturing issues
USABILITY, HCI AND HUMAN FACTORS in Wearable Computing
- Human factors issues with and ergonomics of body worn computing systems
- User modeling, user evaluation, usability engineering of wearable systems
- Systems and designs for combining wearable and pervasive/ubiquitous computing
- Interfaces, including hands-free approaches, speech-based interaction, sensory augmentation, haptics, and human-centered robotics
- Social implications, health risk, environmental and privacy issues
- Wearable technology for social-network computing, visualization and augmentation
- Experience design
APPLICATIONS of Wearable Systems
- Wearable systems in consumer, industrial, work, manufacturing, environmental, educational, medical, sports, wellness, health care and ambient assisted living domains
- Wearable systems in culture, fashion and the arts
- Smart clothing, for people with disabilities, and for elderly enablement
- Use of wearable computers as components of larger systems, such as augmented reality systems, training systems and systems designed to support collaborative work
- Formal evaluation of performance of wearable computer technologies, and comparisons with existing technologies
MOBILE PHONES as Wearables
- Mobile applications designed for / delivered through cell phones
- Cell phone services, cell phone designs, cell phones as personal computers
- Cell phone technologies, e.g. combining short and long range radios, multimedia streaming
- Extending cell phone hardware e.g. sensing, novel IO modalities, embeddings
- Cell phone interaction, cooperative cell phones, grids and clouds of cell phones
- Studies based on cell phone deployments (especially large scale)
Topics include:
- Accessibility
- Aesthetics
- Affective Computing
- Ambient Intelligence
- Animation Techniques
- Attention
- Augmented / Mixed Reality
- Avatars and Virtual Community
- Community
- Cultural Computing
- Digital Entertainment and Sports
- Digital Broadcasting/Podcasting
- Digital Cinema
- Elderly Entertainment
- Empathy
- Entertainment Design Theory
- Experience Design
- Funology
- Graphics Techniques
- Human-Robots Interaction
- Interaction Design
- Interactive Computer Graphics
- Interactive Theatre
- Internet Networking Media
- Learning and Children
- Location-Based Entertainment
- Metaverse
- Mixed Media
- Mobile Entertainment
- Multimodal Interaction
- Narratives / Digital Storytelling
- New Gaming Audiences
- Novel interfaces
- Pervasive and Online Games
- Physical Computing
- Robotic Love and Affection
- Simplicity
- Situativity
- Smart Gadgets and Toys
- Social Impact
- Social Networking
- Sound and Music
- Synesthetic Entertainment
- Tangible Interfaces
- User Interfaces
- Visual Effects
- Virtual Reality
DIMEA 2009 will take place in conjuction with ACE 2009 in Athens, Greece.
Topics include:
- Scene reconstruction from multi-dimensional and multi-view images
- Wide-area structure from motion and stereo
- 3D scene modeling from multiple sensors
- Real-time scene modeling from video
- Range data analysis and processing
- 3D shape and feature representation
- Multi-sensor data fusion, alignment, and registration
- 3D model simplification and compression
- Stream processing for very large datasets
- Appearance/illumination modeling and representation
- Real-time, mobile 3D systems
- Rending and visualization of large-scale models
- Applications of large-scale models and modeling systems
Topics include:
Graphics and multimedia:
- Photorealistic rendering techniques
- Geometry modeling and processing
- Computer graphics hardware
- Animation and simulation
- Virtual and augmented reality
Computer vision:
- Statistical methods and learning
- 3D reconstruction and acquisition
- Object localization and recognition
- Multi-sensor fusion and 3-D registration
- Structure from motion and stereo
- Biometrics
Image and video processing:
- Image enhancement, restoration and super-resolution
- Segmentation and grouping
- Early vision and image representation
- Tracking and surveillance
- Medical image processing
With its focus on visualisation and simulation technologies, the autumn Heidelberg Innovation Forum will address researchers and entrepreneurs to present research results, share ideas and foster personal contacts. As an interdisciplinary technology, visual computing opens up a broad range of potential applications: medical and biotechnology, automotive and engineering, data visualisation, as well as creative industries.
Topics include:
- Augmented and mixed reality
- Collaborative and distributed VR
- Human factors and cognition
- VR applications (e.g. scientific visualization, medicine, education and training, GIS, etc.)
- VR for Art (music, theater, storytelling, etc.)
- Interaction techniques for VR
- Immersive projection technologies
- Haptics, sound and multimodal interaction
- VR system architecture and development
- 3D input and output devices
- Computer graphics techniques
Topics include:
- Image and video based modelling
- 3D video capture
- Camera tracking
- Multiple view reconstruction
- Video-based human motion capture
- Video-based animation
- Scene modelling
- High-dynamic range imaging
- Illumination and reflectance modelling
- Photo-realistic rendering & animation
- Relighting images and video
- Motion Estimation
- Segmentation and matting
- Stereo and 3D video processing
- Infilling, object removal and insertion
- Image and video synthesis
- Image annotation and classification
- Image enhancement and restoration
- Stylisation and cartoon rendering
- High-dynamic range imaging
- Novel imaging devices
- Omni-directional video
- 3D and stereo production
- Visual effects
- Interactive media and games
- 3D-TV
- TV, film and e-cinema
- Content management systems
- Real-time imaging systems
- Post production using 3D and motion
- Multiple camera systems
- Pre-visualisation
Topics include:
Realization and application of the new machinery directive concerning safety at work, ergonomics, health risk of machine operators including risk evaluation, integration of safety concepts, labelling and technical documentation (e.g. for assembly, initial operation, and handling. The inter-divisional communication plays an important role in a successful realization of the directive.
The participation is free of charge but a registration is required. The registration desk is closed at November 23rd, 2009. You may register by e-mail, fax or snail mail.
Further information is available in German only.
New Scientific Committe Member Julián Villegas
30th FKTG Symposium
